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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-02-18, Page 3V - MB RAM giliEti ARMY CORPULson TRAINING IS A SUCCESS, . All Bop Are ForeCil 01 Drill and Shoot, -But Actjeree Seetiees Is -Voluntary. Last -year the Inepactor-General of the Oversea Forces (General Sir Ian Hamilton)- traveled from one • ' ST -J. "OR It thCir;.,-447, .the-yoxie, arum! there, and in his rePart' • was clearly,'enthtiSiastia. He wept to Aueirelia an opponent of the • compulsory service aystohe for milli - tory purposes, but -cares‘away with a very different opinien of the value and 'et the success of the method wh:eo-properle aPPlied- e Australia's entire population . has eisiAtorer-seheei -5,000,000:- There are, roughly, '2,000,000 square miles of country W4h14 the (boundaries • of . the Commonwealth, so that it most sparsely :peopled cometre e'oat•the .globe's feetO • :• " • "WhileAtistraiWeeolefasOld is mrtrir sled on that so well known in zerlande it differs therefrom in 'sell/- . eral• respects. It -begins With ; the' Of the •school -going age, of twelve. , It is requited that all boys shall be registered, and as the e --scheme became' operative in 1811 all boys registered as having. been., born in 1990 became liable for train- • - ing:ali !iiinior Cadets, eand those horn four years earlier were reqUir. • . e ea to joie the Senior Cadets. With ' a complete system of registration ;t is -thus easy to' trace the bor. through the Various stages till as Tiiezivl 25 or 2,6-t-hey-cemplAte-theit- , period or service and are then sot. ficiently trained to take their place In thii7defelice forces' whenever call- ed -upon, Each year a number are- etomaeleally -pass. from .one' stage to another. just as the, rinks of the Junior Cadets are augmented. by • the 'boys reaching the age of twelve., in that year.. The method of regis- tration he aimple. Forms may be 4:ibtaiyied-froM any rioetetiffite, and when filled in most be sent to the `'40a" officer' or lecal.poet-master. Failure to register incur e The lia- bility of •, I,Eine•of $50:, -------- 3$. Oer !day during the first year, and 45. per day /during the subse- quent years of their training. The pay for OOrporale le 0$10; sergeants, 10s.; eergeautomajors; 100.- rd. and Ilse An allowance of .24 per annum is made for the *eel), Of a horse to the light home traineee. In the commissioned realm the daily rates of pay are 15sfor lieutenants, 2re. od. for captains; •300, for ma - u& lieutenant-celonels, and 4311for colouels. Uniform and eqUipenent are, of courees provided. Government fectories for the manu- facture of eilothinge eaddlery, small Amer et I I I, • ,7+.• eAlk41*ie'cl'Igt-thietsthiseinlitteneti-of "XruPisism" 09104 never fha felt - in Australia. . The male population of Australia o military age is only ,aboot 171.,000 - between 'hi and 18 years, end 321,000 .between 18 and 26. Of there aeper- e entage is enhieet to medical rejec- tion, and a larger percentage re- side beepOdthe training area. The number in training when the sYstear is in fell ;operation Will be . 90,000. _Senior Cadets, :and; 113;960- ,Citreete soldiers, the' latter.lming made no., df 80,00e. trained soldiers, 18,06,0 re- eruits,; and .15;00a athe 20-2,6uyear Mee,' • • • • TO HIS,MOTHER: A Pathetic Incident Of the 'War IR * . ,°,c1 tlig--;1-3efi• • , TA tratte0 e relation between a tem and his mother is very sweet and tender. Even the boys of the, least cultivated 'class show an aliacist, in- variable courtesy, and Oneelfieliness to, their mothers. I 7vitas' In rig's' (hiring the, first two Menthe of -the presene War, writes Mrs. Lillian Hayden releeon to Tho Youths Companion, 40.4 Woman who worked for me slke often of :her 45/11Y eh110, a bey, who was In one of the: era reg. Itetierintered-rtcy-,ttur 'front:, I have , never seen anything 'so sweet AS the letters he wrote; I borrowed' it of her that 1 might COprit. • Xattaftslating it literally I hette kept -muelf.of the charm of the - '"Little1elothee . So pearly Laved. Thy boy is gaY -JeYelle as the birds that slim. 'Dost thou heat that, little °eel Thou must not worry, not In the very 1044 any mother; , Indeed: thous canst not imagine how happy we have. lieeultorr,what delibious ;things- weloyee to eat. We caught a rabbit to put in out stew ° and we ;owlet pota- toes in a field. Thy .hok grows fat, my mother! Why, shouldSt Warty? Thou mat not ileum when we are • laughing, 'Give to all the Mende • my loving greeting, an 'thou, deer .heart, look not for letters. , It is so seldom that we can write. .11emein-- ber that Jam safe and that I ,love thee. "I send ° thee allifiusind kisses and I' am 'thy 004." , • T Tatter see to the mother by a cOnaraus of -her k 1, had been -Written Poe •scrap of 'aver 'with a pencil _while 'he was in .the trenches, before the engagement In. Itich he lost his life. He said, nothing ,of the horror and the bloodshed, nothing of his own wearinese and dread, no—tairgi Turtlis agon.Y-.,,anci:Ouelty and death that had seen., 'He wrote •only, what,' he knew woad reassure and comfort her. • The.rotter did strangery comfort the sorrowful mother. It made her forget the war and -think of ,her boy as a ,gay and laughing child again. There had been no funeral. She had not leen him dead. :His joyous writ- ten Words, wereear more realto herr. than What she knew of his death. His The Scheme upon which Australia is working is one that Waspractical- ay laid down by Lord Kitchener who visited the CoMmonwealth• for the • . purpose. in 1909, and will not, in the ordinary way, •reach its full strength, until' 1919-20, when there ,Should be 4,500 Officers and 430,500 of Otter ranks, or s, vital -4.135,000. " The Senior Cadets' '• course of tradeinr eitendieavere. two,-iways .2 90 -hours of each year. By 'arrangements- with .0e. -Eduoa- • LAith.Departmants,.:_this training; is done _during schoolhours, so that •:when, the. lad .presents himself' ' at • , -the age of four -teen for the Senior Cadet's he must. have completed in. that period the junior course, . Special- instructors are provided .iz,y the Commonwealth authorities. -The Commonwealth ' instructors er'estratnethees,ctioorteaeliers-, and -they; •'in turn,*part the .knowtedge. to the, Junior Cadets.-- , At the age ad .14 the young Aus- tralian is transferred to the Senior Cadets, and is required for the next" (our years to attend forty- drilla. •each year. Four of these -drills are • classed as Whole days of not , less • than. four hours each, twelve as halt days of two hours each, and the re- ' ,niaincler maybe night drills of oet •..lessethaneone-hour-eack,---.-TO meet- epeoial" cases, such as lads working - - at any Wade which Mak etereire-fir= ____corivenientACLattend.the_4,411se set, 40IkVe, modifications may be made, but the minimum-of-attendattes al- lowed is 64 &mile per --airmuneellie four yearS1 training in the • Senior Cadets is calculated to set the foundation work necessary to en- • • -able the youth to take up 'service in • any arm. The Citizen Force. . . • • .Neltheir the Junia or Sthirrir: • Cadets are required to attend maUi- lary camp's. It is after he tenches lia,eightearithTferrthat the Yeeitar Australian, who has undergone his . • pliesical` training and, the element - Leery work of the fent two stages, . sets himself seirc;usjith, the impott- . '• - He is' now promotedto the Citizen Force' and his eight years' connote' tion with the force begins on the lst, of of the year le which he be- -comes •eighteen years Of age. Ms training consists e of contineouit training in campforstiventeiiii-,darrs . per year in the case of naeal forces, artillery, and engineer ar1110:.3 eight days for other ars;tieand eight days .(or the equivalent) home training for lel} arms.. The totar.seviee is, thus 25 days per 'annuin- for ' the, specialist. 'and technical corps, and. sixteen days for °thee 'corps,. the' Main body of whom are light hairse , intanery. Theperiod of eight days of home training is • Made • lip of • whole' days, half clays, and nights; . the respeetive Minimum of these be- ing six, three, and one,' and a bait hours; two -half -days and. four nights colleting as one 'Whole day. Pirrades are classed • as rionipute soeyealtereatiVe, and Voluntary. .Tlaefirat makes iirtheseXatitattrioutet of training provided, thee alterea. tive drills enable these 'absent on leave fro,. the +compulsory 'drills to. ..make their time, and the vOl:••• eutery drilla are to help those aim- ing at" proficiency and • promotion. Any one who fails to qualify as ef,• .e.fielent in any year must do SA et- tra year's training for eaciti Veleas A young Australian. can. %produce it "eleitti retard", of mill. tarytservice,• he lads& et very peer clutter,' of. a position in' the Vern- tnenwealth public service, and em- ployers • generally are' disposed to , regard a "cleanrecord" iji this ro- ot . .;.• An ExcellentIleaktunendatIon• Trainees in 01112en :Porte l000lve '•• TOE SUNDAY SOUL SUP • .0=6=0, INTERNATIOSAL LESSONS TEBRVARY 2L I Mon NUL The Death of filleand Uis Sens. 1. Sam. 4. lelfr. Golde . en Text, 'Jamie 1.2 Verse I. Israel went oat againet the Philistines to battle. -'-The istines were , last ,mentionscl in eJedgstris, eliaPteresIa-and-16; it evideetrtharlitrael was 11Qt able to throw ,aft the „yoke of the Philis- tines. This eeryitude lasted for forty years (Jedg. 13. I). It termi- nated abput the twentieth year of Samuel's jiCdgeship (1 Shiro jr• 10,. • gbaer, czheer4, p ..i9istostnoen eost, "enplied. vial significance (Josh. 4. 20). Eben- ezer is the -head cif the Vale, of SorekeNhito isiael defeated, the Philistines (see next -lemon, I -Sem, Apbek means fortress;' It was one. eOf the eitroegholdie of Samariic`iu etertheen Sharon, *here the Philis- tines asserahled twice, • once before they *invaded Israel and, °bee be- fore they crossed the plain of Fere dreelon. Itwasnot far fro ne the Mizpah of. Benjamin, and was. un- doubtedly the Aehek of Josh. 12. 18. 3. People means the. army.. The elders had aecttuneil on the evening of ;the defeat and resolved to send the ark of the covenant of the Lord in battle, ' '- Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten u.This was the cry of the former time 4sseet.3.00:7hyle . I.e7f)o,,re the Philstines.- i . 4. The eo le. --Here again, the army is meant. s we read in the abaeyolett eittee,lueewas n.� king inl iniatrhaoet,, And So whatever action waa taken aeeraad.te b the concerted action of the. army. ' Shiloh was not many hour's dis- tant from Aeihek, as the ark was brought -the next day. • Who sitteth aboire the cherubim. The ...aher ebira. .were conceived, „as bearing the Lord upon their wings (see 2 Sam. 6. .2;,. 2. Kings .19. 16; Isa. •8/:'16). 6: In the camp of the Hebrews. - This is the Mime- by which the 'Iss raglites were known to their neigh.. bees' (Exod. 1. 10, 16. 2, 6, 11.,. 13; 3. 18; 50 3). • - . range, each Ile& occupyingone 10- 7. There hath not, be such:a cal*, to which its activities are .thing heretofore: - The • Hebrew chiefly confined, they are easily eics word (Or "heretofore"' is,yesterday terminated. When.a place has once and the third day, meaning the day been cleared of Sparrows it Will: be before. This was a Cattrii011 exprese some timebefore it reoecupied sion among ;the Israelites,seGen: , . • English sparrows are good -to eat. 31. 2, 5; lElcod: 4: 10): • and their use as a, food is recom- 8. These are the gods that smote Mended' because of _their nutritive I the Egyptians with all manner of value and as- a--means-n,reduAng_irplajuiL in the 'number: Sparrows feed in onlythdldheisia-1!1- theirnever forget -Close flocks, and when thus asseenh- e-deliverance ledeageen umber-mareb eskilledeb . !InSierheadirrecome.eso EgY114fileelnt a charge of shot from a. small leer!, dent 12. 16 or, 20 gauge Parker shotgun. Sparrows can be baited by scatter - iii grain about, shooting the birds and thee, rebaiting. the places. T.he.. baiting places should be far, enough apart:soethe birds at thersecond and third. ..feecling., places will not be frighteriedley.the discharge of the gun at the first.flock.' • 'Traps Are Best: In. many pieties traps must he -em- ployed Where 4 gun cannot be "used cir where it is not desirable. Besides, • A Vas hinting Spring Costume Navy blue gabardine, trimmed •with striped muslin cuffs and collar.; hat blue velvet with white silk band. ENGLISH SPARROW A PEST HAS BECOME VERY' TROUBLE- ' SOME IN. AMERICA. - . , • • Spread All' Over the Vdmittypiu-llte Sp oe Sikty .:, • • _ ears,- - The English .parrow was intro- . duce d into. Areeriea, about. 60 years, ago, anil is now distributed oyer .nearly all of the United States and Southern Canada: This rapid dis- semination. is. a, result of .the bird's hardiness, extraordinary fecundity, Joving.thoUghthed_:_litted_he.r...1412.:Pgrt- deveiroty. -of-e-foted,---ageesseveoecheee freesia of, the, spirit in which there • pealtion and 'almost complete' . ime no death. • • HATE-ILID- EN 01.3 GII OF WAR; The Gernian •Soldiers . Are • "Fed . Up" With . Some remarkable instancei have Crime to light Of German soldiers who are getting sick Of the war. A lance -corporal- in the Gordon High- ienderen a letter to •he -se parent Dormr-an-r-Irrestrgg.trow-c47bIrd tells of the interchange of opiniOne- -that destroyealfalfe weevil in_eorth- men. of his regiment had On Chris- ern Utair-Effalirdi s-TheveArowaseeeeeres• intts-Day-avitle Cleemaressoldiete-in lineedetarlitO feediegstheleenes things_ the trenches. The Germans, he latgely on weevil larvae and -cut-- writes, are "fedeup" with the war, worms, 'both very injunOteeto fail - and will not ,Are unlesi the British fee ,Wherever this birdsPoves u-se- seldiers do: They admit that they ful it is erititledetee protection and have been leluffedby the Kaiser, and encoeragement. say they were told the Germans , Under- 'normal • eehditions • is had eapture,d lee* guns from the Choice =of insects. may be linfavor- Ressiane, but kriew now that it was able . Out of 522 English sparrow base of the skull and dislocate the all lies. One . fellow, who was a Stosochs examined by the biological neck .by hazel And quirk, pressure. thitseheir-ire legoaeld; *lien asked -department of'ethe-Agrieultu-ral--De- deesseeoessee„,e Tut -a the legs, wFat he -thought of the War, said, pertinent,' 47 contained 'noxiousins the wings atthe °Um...point and the "The wat is finiShed here. 'We dee . sects/ .50 held benefieial insectaeoud- Mick -c-leie to the 'body, strip -off the not -want to -BM -or' - -Air even :More *. 31- tontainedt-insetts of: practically ski , a •, II remarkable =Wept s vouched for -no: impoertaiiee. The Agneolturelo oue threoghethe bode- evelreittend- by a irritith *officerlie- says that, Department does not say what was, in from the heck along the baCk- . one ay a Geman wh e tibs are svorcd.,- than. - Slightly Wouncled-in an attacli on '‚the othersee4 ,ep,ecineeris exansinedaroundebetareen-theelegis to the -tail, eees----10 eeeeor -A report on only one:quarter of -the and ;remove:the vicera. • our treochese sHe at. once ' said, specimens examinee cane• ar parrows may • e coo ed by any "Give me a rifle; I have lived 27 considered satisfactory to earnest; et the methods employed for reed-. years out 30 in 'England, and it is people enquiting.into this subject - birds or quail, and compare, favor- tiine ‚some of those swine over there • Destroys Fruit8. ably with the best kinds •of were Yr -Wended,' Re • firett et the 'munity from natural enemies, 'says the New York Sim. ' - • Ned Dearborn, biologist of • the Department of ,Agricultirre, is se- vere on the English sparrow He says they are cunning, destructive and filthy, although admitting that sparrows consume • quantities of weed' seed and in ,summer numerous insects. • . dition- that the' -neighbors of Israel knew thereof. 4 The Philietinee, there.; fore,- were, eicceeding-ly, .disturbed when they • saw that thia same ,Ged WaS.eonie into •the 04,14 ..of 'Israel. By 'in :the wilderness" is meant the - shore's 'of . the. Red, Sea (Exod. 2.0.14 1.12,32);.. 0. Be' strong and quit yourselves hike men. -Saint Paul uses similar 'words.. in I. •Oar. 16...13; "Quit you like men, be.strong" • TheS,:hea, then -peoPle Was able to rally -i forces by an 'appeal to -the manhood being 'safe; ,properly designed trapsf the . 'IL. And the 'two sons of-Ele-The have ..• other 'advantages. Native • birds caught in the traps can !be lib- man sof • God (1. Sam.. 34) had pro.. 'pheared that 'both- of • Eliai crated unharmed and trapped spare shooed 'die in one day... .,• rows can 'be kept alive for food like ••12.• And • there rn a enen.e-Iteh- irliatcrlYIT-14Pari"irlia.e neesainemg the lateelitea-Were well- - been Utilized forefood•foreenteries: ..eeeesro• emus. -me theta. • :was no. captivity theesteirds muse be Irent, !.other means of, -quiz conomtunca, eieaneesuPPlied-s. with- ofrethreelefen vr el.g4 oar taatlarle. Water 44-...A:*Ariety.of'locals re- lfleet,-of-foot-were-,cleveloped-for 4uired to keepethemsin.gpod condi- messenger ey service s: - Well-known -firm; bread, oats, wheat, corn -meal 'eases of runners 'were ••-c-ttslii and mash, lettuce and cabbage will. •Sbe Ahine-a-a.z- (2 :- Sean. '18. -10-91), and relished. • . • • • • • Asaher (2 Sam. 2. 18).. There were' To inercifelle kill -a trapped epee, also _mating -footmen., who &cooties rely. -place- the •thumb nail- at the Pained the ehatiots„ These run - nerS beeatee professionals, as .is in- dicated ,• in 2 Simone 1 ;' 1 Kings game. Gernmea all and wag taken to The English 'sparroW' is '-condemn • We rarely appreciate game fot e th.rear-a-prieanersinetheeeveeing. ed fersateedeseruetioneefselfersties,. the food but_More often for • - .,, '614 ,, ' N. grepes, pears, ; peaches, buds' and. the name. Sever ,years esees a °. wll:01, YOU oseepT 400p, flowers of cultivated trees, sprouts' parteior duck hen isarricd tired. Abel -Veneer -1h theegardeneetheeee -• tOwcirt:- -..--i.-'-:*-tiV-4---tavern-riear- the - Watching -Breathing Will Simll Lull Ott SKY, equirrows tat seeds at they shooting grounds, and where they ' if°tote Slumber ripen, nip off tender youttg. v-eges were to Put up for the night. The - ! .. tables e especially _peas and lettuce, hostelms.the'repatatrin of setting ee ___ .. , If you are troubled with insomnia as they appear above -ground. We splendid table, the food • usually let your' breathing mesmerize you. have never, experienced thistrouble consieting of flail or .game. . The objection to repeating the *,al- although sparrows are abundant A bird pie was • served for dinner phabet oyer and over, or counting about.the garden. They are a thin' and all agreed, that it was delicious, up to .thdirsiiada, or counting irio ante with their muss, building nests 'the hest, quail pie they had ever agiliary: ‚sheep innapIng over a stilet in troublesome places, in the gut- tested. ' • is, that you Mt* keep your • mind ters on the roof, ausing the water In England sparrows are trapped tWalce to keep on doing them. • AS to overflow and littering up. the with a sieve, one end held iiii by a Seining the Mind drowses the Deo- building generally, but this. is the short stake to Wil7Ch' a. lOngAtribg is cess it apt to atop, and this step. worst. charge we are able to_ bring tied. The -trap is baited with bread Piaa is aPte to jerk the ' would-be against the English sparrow. - crumbs, oats or wheat, The birds sleeper back froni the very edge of fr. Dearborn says, the English' are Perniiitted to eat the bait until sleep. --Thidis.--M1Y-1311ere•.Pians' r• -ellarrear --redlarier :the number of 'a number have -gathered under, the often failos-:-.-- --'s--. .- • - . 7cOMO-6f •Ont most AisefuLandattrno- H sieve, when the Cord is pelled re -- But watching the -breathing needs tire natirerbitdre. su 'h as Webirds, moving the' stake and allowing. the no Mattel -effort. It goes on Whe- ther you think of it or not, an the Soothing iss larity Of it is aptto lull the Mindeeefeedily to slumber. It will fill the maid, too, and pre- vent all other thoughts from enter- ing,' getting the louder 'tte 8leep. 60thes nearer, v , , The plan is not to think of the breath as coming frotri the rlSing. itila falling -of your chest, for this makes you. think of chests, then of. o lds, and 864601 tilt your mind is distrboted with scattered thoughts' again. The oorreot,Way is to keep your oyes, in imagination, leaking at the breath its it toine6 tom the nostrils, His clothesreateeand with earth apenebie hetid-,Iiedicatitesof bitter -grade. _These -who -saw him raisin -hag thes- would-lenOw that -his- me.Ssage Was unfavorable (see 2 Syne 2; Josh. . t --Iva --de- sea' tchaig. Thiswas doubtless a, •street leading -fa Abp, watell tintror (2 §aili - • 2,-Kinge 0, 1e).- 18: When he made mention of the ark of *God. -Eli ai "priest of God was particularly re•eponsible for the ark of the: covenent of the Lord. HO had allowed ``the.peotile:' to -go .ree -the -eery- Lextreme ineas-nrts, of taking the ark into the battle ifi• der to win the victory. , When' the ,arkewits teikeeie the refeKelealitiew that theteeiebee do other help.' The shock of this'disaster toe great house wrens,, perpI martins, tree Wallows,' ell swallows, and barn swallows, by destroying' their eggs tied young and ,by usurping nesting places. It attacks the 'robin, wretik kedged vireO,',eitbird and mocking bird, causing them to desert Peas And shady street:4'0f towns,, Unlike our native Midi, whose plate, it usurps. it has no. song, but is noisy and vituperative,. It defiles builds lege Mid ornamental trees', shrubs and vines, with its excrement and with its bulky testa; -' NO "here is the English *arrow lueifided among the lairdt preteeted by Iwo'and as individual* and Rocks have an extremely ,Ifftretitt yr, • trap' to fall twee the birds gathered under the sieve. • - Occasionally' the preacher's aim is inaccurate • ansi his eerniou hits you.; , A a -treat' car inspector was watch- ing the work, the 'often Irish &MS du"Here, Foley, how .10 thiot" to said. "You , haver ton, p4sotigim and only nine .fares are riling op." iqa that *tori" said Fo- ley. Then ?hoeing to t.h-me. pawn,. gors he 6bouted "There's Ivan ttik MAO 'AV :Veti on thiis eat 'Gbh out of hero, wan ar yen!" -for hinoto.stand.• Fell from off his seat.oeThiSeeitt, or throne', had no beck. The ilk that Eli' fell backward, hewever, in- dicates .how great was the excite - meat whichereeeltecl -from the word of the messenger. . • : The Butter's -Pole. The familiar sign of the barber shop is it Survival of the old days swheinotheetown.harbet WAS also a inn -germ. In -the 'days vben bodily ailments were supposed to he due to .too Much blood Or to hod Wood it was common to resort to blood-letting as a. Met and it was the barber -surgeon who performed the necesattry operation. The pole represented the staff which Os held by those *he were being bled. The red and white stripes ' repented the bandages. The white one stood for the bandage which wa..i put on 'before the blood- was taken but and the red one' the. bandage which was used for binding upthe wound after the Operation. The gilded ball At the top of the pole VAN the barber sign and was supposed. to 4,10trest the brass basitothen used, In, thp shops. FLEX OEUVRE IN ONIAIII0. Bulletin insured Ay tlio Ontario De- partment of Agriculture. Plura vulture in Ontario is dos. cribe4 in„a very fall and suggestive olatuhlirObnYta.Frio511e. rCulietmeEntplieritroecel Station,' in Bulletin 220 just issued cbuytuhree?ntnt.rio Department it ThiS.INeatise is most timely. tho, decade betweenthe census of 1001 and that of Will the num- ber of tham trees in Ontarib de- creased an number by over halt a maw, In -lull 'the annals' of "F-71743-aletr. *as 1 -444,020, - Of which a, litge more than two-thirds were in hearingthe value of the crop being estimated at $374,675,- Or mist:let belt a 401 lar 'per'bearing tree. tit the vheurllyetutinnytbg%nooestinetof.prOcluc- The three ;chief drawbacks to Suc- cessful :pitam /growing ,in. this pro- yince_Lnecording.to the author, are.; 1. mr4anrYietYieesriebteieste'.... sullitede gives a list of eertain distrieteki„ alio a general list Of. varieties w;th ',descraptian . of qualities, :element, however, 'note's -with satisfaction the tendencY ,(11401) many Of 'Pte MuCh,vatinted. Japanese varieties and some of the earlier domestic sorts. • ,hatiLuatngkl3olfteacler;fruodi 44uelt.71thir quael tion of soil propagation, planting, pruning, ‘picking and peeking are thoroughly dealt with by the the au- thor, and ;enemy practical biota along 'these are given. Mr: Clement like most experts prefers vigorous one or two-year-old trees .for planting in pluneoteherds. Some. excellent -pointers are, also given as to fertilizing and as regards cover • Ne lectof s ra b time And according .to the,. best methods. A spraying calendar ,ie *provided. - • Disease ie -of the plum are des- cribed 'with methods, of treatment; also insect enemies and hew to dis- pose:of them. IfOR.SE 1!.0Wit11. , -fliON IONE ieffilAtti NOTES OE INTEREST " HAIM AND BRAES* e Molt, le Cielita On in the highlands and teltaorti!r, Auld - About 70 inhabitauts‘br Vontroi(is have been enrolled. a:teepee:41 Atm., -*•• buigh military band are left out of a foetal of oa.. e A sharp earthqualra'. shock wea . experienced in"- Ptiifhlane,F. AO - Bridge -of Allan districts recently. : The county of beeerhees.ehire IAA 'provided two *tor ambulances', bothof ,which,are x* in France. - 'All the public schools in Grange- mouth: f.aejridveSmbier 4.4°Is°csaer4Ilet.9,,icaveeer°11114. the town., O's trlarirr hairdresser, saser breath, .aoel. his, customers, have • seotreoff .1,000 cigarettes the' sol-, c4.0mrdaerbstilheavgarobIleteo 'issued that all aliens on the east coast 'Of -Scotland most ;immediately"-rtimo.ve t'eethirter ,. miles inland. f Glasgow'The 11 f thehonor of High • School "contains over 700 names of masters Sold bays-, who. - have rallied to the colors. An organized recruiting campaign has been eir-fiecTiiiiVitiVizilithgow- shife' for additional men ,for the letti Royal Scots Reserves. About, 40 men of theisTational Re- serve in Dunfermline hare sent in hei n ft as being desirous of forming a Dunfermline company'. ' Owing to the stoppage of Glen. garnoeles Iron an&iSteel Works of 'Kilhirnie, it. hae become necessary - to feed a great many 'more children., The large orders for khaki is put-" Ong.. & strain on the, factory woakel ;In • ITEhtil'ienn' • Glasgow'ttbordercltxlti 7S '1 s7nT-M1313:working411'11'•8:17"vveeezitY; - Committee Were decided to accept -* lans tfor the re -construction corner of Tiongate and High: Street cos 06:,the at an'estimatedSt Of $ i425 Singe the outbreak Of Wer the , teachers 'of Ti -anent High grade. Sehoof hove been Contributing each month 'a portion or their selaried for the relief of diatreas. Roderick'gwan 31eRS,e at Edin- burgh. High Court, -. was 'sentenced to 15 years penal. servitude for hav- . . ing. murdered a young man 'pained' t Thomas 'Middleman in the Werke of - the Rosyth eireal ' The tondition_of_the:_Dunfermline- linen: - trade.' it Causing Saiiirietee _ There is a. very restricted demand fire-gOodsTria yarns can scarcely bad at aneepriceerwirigeto man occupation of Belgium and Norther ii France. , • ReSV'aild Why' the Terni Came to be • Many years ago, before Most of the motors of- to -day were thought tphole si bl e,wheelsinan o fus he s th.mie hacohr isne etroyt ubr yn means of a, teeademill. In this way the horse came to stand for a, unit of power according to the Size Of the machine he could weak effectively. When• engine g began to. displace horses, because they could develop several:times. the motive power, ojt was natural tb•refdr tci, their Capa- city on Lime basis of a horsepower unit, :by speaking of an engine as 'being -able to clothe" work of two, three, frier, -five or more *tries. And se She custom was established oLmaking.aes_e. seriptive of poWer.. "The fact is that a: "horsepower" -or simply h.p. ' as it is lenerally figures in engineering descriptions -really. rcieries a greater power than is expected of al. horse , and' greater than he is capable Of. It means the -power to • lift 30,006 pounclseene fdot-in: one minute-, -- The continued use of the old term to indicate this endemnc. unit of power - for areenginee ter 'motor. Ines- trates how, for want of a suitable Substitute ; custom will keep alive a teirfimeanthee.at has: lost !ts, apparent sig- nificance. . • Cherry Fruit Plies. - During the pmst five or six years been complaining .of _ hittiewhits agg.ote—wbiele-wert-e-attitoking- growing, cherries, rendering the in-.. terior of the truie unsightly and un- fit--tb.,.eat: -Prof., L. Caesar, of the Ontario-Agrieultoral-Gollegevas given the work of . investigation, and, assiste,dhy Gr..:J7. Spencer; has just written the -results of sev- eral years' observation, which have; • beeir ts•eued by the Ontario Depart - Meet of A.griculture as •Bulletin 227. Two distin va,rietiee of in - setts; ,t ie eggs o which lieTerine maggots, have- been identified z one is the WhitehandedCherry Fruit- y an e o hei- the Sleek -bodied • Clierir Fre:it:Mr.- The life Materiel - of both, these flies-whiche happily, . . . • the therryoare given in lihebulle , - tin -together with meehode•of-aitni-- •_ . o - -Britain's Wealth. . The wealtheof the Unit -* dom in, 1814 was &imputed at abed $12;50%00,090,- while a .conserva-, -tireTeetientite *would plaeieit now • at about $85,000,000,006, anincrease, Of- 580 -per ceetseewhileeeeettlaticer. has grown, 130 per tient. The income of the British people this period nits increased '700 per Oerit.-.from , 41,500,000,000 ;14 11-12,9M,900,6iii. .„ . • . , • LIGHTNING rius,:v JOIiBS The Electric Flaid ,Has 'Done Some Strange •Thingsi '4 • are sometimes almost beyond bee lief. A tionimon trick ia that of un- dressing its victims.' In 1898 • two • girls and an elderly. woman ' Were standing by a reaping maeliine der- ing•oi, storm. A lightnreg flash struele the woman and killed her on the spot, while Ihe. two .girls were 'stripped to theskin, even -their boot's being torn from their feet, Otherwise • they were safe. and sound and astemished. • eel ess..aorian-Waseitreek-byslightses. nin_o near Vallerois in Prance, and stripped naked; All that -could be found afterward_ of,Ins Clothes was -a--shirt sleeve, -a few other-slooder and some pieces of his hob -nailed beets,. Ten minutes after he Was. streak he regained tonsciousness; opened his eyes; temple -Med of the cold and inquired how he happened • to- be naked. . Seth instances bave-beenorecord. ed again and again s In eine ase a• min and. two oxen were etre& ..thope killed Tile -man. was &oiled. stripped_ to the skin, and hishoP•ta had been,carrieel. 30 yards ' "In--other--eases' says Camille ..Elammirion,....,the eminent ...French I known to split men in .almoste: , - as with a huge axe. ten June 20, 1868, this happened to arniller's • .sta..nesatoe-evihereill nPar The lightnieg struCk him. from hie heaa,doWnwaed: in 'ave." • . Leve goes to extremes. It geper- -alIy-teriltes ses-Woman either eserie happy- or very- miserable. • • s ,-- - Some ineti feel theft insPliittliVre— otherwise-they- woold• never know Se - Many a married man wonders juit how small a portion of his earn- • ings he" is really entitled to. All things come. to those who. wait, • especially the things- no one .• -else wants.. • • OJN'1A, SPIT, , StifElE1 CUBE YOUBSEU I BREATH rOiya4 fit§ti-tit-kefigf-sy-qtars1 Out*Ioso, throat and all Breathing - Organs In Data /lode climate, repeated colds very 'mope' drift into, Catarrh. , The naterid tendency Werth is to *extend through. the 'sys in- every clirlilexeptlao . to r*celd or datuDneet•inten, 6 MO the trouble and nasal catarrh the result. 'MONA a complete Mire Is effeeted, inilattneation PaSSeii rapidly to the throat, bronchial tuber. autl thee -to. the lungs. You can't make new lungs. hence is practically lacerable. reit Mar& emi be cured, except In its final mid always fatal -stage. titterth, sufferers, moaning, these I EATARB11010t1E" with sore throats, bronchial .: ereitheerotee.ean-alt•he-cured-right -- home be inhaling "Camtehozone.". . In -teirig •Oetarrhoemie you don't takemedicine into the atonatelee-yon just breathe a healing piney vapor Or- 'oot tii the lungs. and tar passages. • The purest balsams and the greatest antiseptics are thus sent to everyespot where caterthal trouble exists, gems are killed, foul seettAione are destroy. ' • ed oatuft is given ft 64.110 and enter 061tes quickly. • . Cottle and throat freithite can't. last if the Duro healing vapor of Catarrh. ozone ts brontliottr-sueoitng 11114 cm -Oh* tease at once, 'litmus • Wien Is removed. tatettlitionteto prevent-,-noi it to Me your Winter 1118, It's Diets. ant, safe and 4tharanteed 14 Very Case. 'COMPlete outfit 41,604 Smaller Site tOel at all dogma ,